If you go home with somebody, and they don’t have books, don’t sleep with them (english.elpais.com)

submitted 9 months ago by tardigrada@beehaw.org to c/humanities@beehaw.org

18 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Every book collection reflects its owner’s personality. A unique mix of gothic novels, engineering manuals, romantic poetry and cookbooks are like strands of DNA. Just as people change, book collections also evolve.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[-] lyam23@beehaw.org 2 points 9 months ago

I know you're joking but it's absolutely possible to love books even when most may be unread. Umberto Eco sings the praises of the so-called "anti-library" here: https://www.themarginalian.org/2015/03/24/umberto-eco-antilibrary/

this post was submitted on 10 Jan 2024

20 points (100.0% liked)

Humanities & Cultures

2532 readers

1 users here now

Human society and cultural news, studies, and other things of that nature. From linguistics to philosophy to religion to anthropology, if it's an academic discipline you can most likely put it here.

Subcommunities on Beehaw:

Food

This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

alyaza@beehaw.org

gyrfalcon@beehaw.org

TheRtRevKaiser@beehaw.org

Gaywallet@beehaw.org

luckless@beehaw.org

remington@beehaw.org